Red vs Blue team - Which IT Security team do you back?

Advantage was established in 1984, making them one of the oldest IT providers in New Zealand.Throughout that time they have learnt that no two organisations are the same – whilst they may have similar issues and concerns they need to be dealt with in their own unique way. This forms the basis of their partnership philosophy.

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If you’ve ever played Airsoft or involved in the military , you would have heard the terms “Red team” and ”Blue team”.

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Red team describes the bad guys team that use attack techniques to gain access to the “base”, while the Blue team use skills to defend.In Cybersecurity, its much the same !With new regulations being enforced like GDPR, and the financial penalties that go with these regulations, organisations are having to have a serious look at their security infrastructure as they face the high risk of data breachesJoin us for a drinks and nibbles where we will hear from the two different teams on how they can work together to protect networks from breaches. We will also hear from a legal expert who will outline the responsibility of NZ companies to protect data and outline the process when data has been breached. He will also discuss the impact of GDPR on NZ companies .

<h1>About the speakers</h1>Brad Pearpoint - Advantage Brad has 13 years of experience in designing, implementing and maintaining critical infrastructure for key New Zealand entities across Medical, Government, Finance and Education. He has overseen multiple evolution's of highly redundant private cloud platforms servicing multi branch organisations using a range of technology solutions.In addition, Brad is an Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Holder and is a key pillar of Advantage’s Security services he developed their multi-tenant data centre, oversees the AdvantagePROTECT service and provides consulting services to external parties. Brett Moore - Insomnia SecuritySince starting Insomnia Security over a decade ago, company founder Brett Moore has performed hundreds of assessments for clients across a wide range of industries. Being able to call on this experience allows him to work closely with all of the internal teams to provide the best level of service possible to Insomnia's customers.Following on from his time focused on security research and vulnerability discovery, resulting in the release of numerous technical white papers, he now provides oversight and guidance to continuously improve the quality of security testing services provided by Insomnia.Richard Wells - Minter Ellison Rudd WattsRichard is a commercial lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the technology, privacy, IP and media fields across several jurisdictions.He advises clients on issues arising at all stages in the product lifecycle including in particular, the commercialisation of new technology, IT procurement, new media and the strategic management of IP and technology. Richard assists companies from different industry sectors with their privacy compliance obligations and has helped companies manage, assess and respond to significant privacy breaches.

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